1. Mick Callighin leaves Ballypooreen, somewhere near the Galtees, of which there is a fine description, for Dublin and then London. He meets his future wife in Kensington Gardens. The plot is slight, but there is a good deal of pleasant wit, many political hits, and much satire, not of Home Rule but of Home Rulers. 2. Arthur Mervyn meets Col. de Burgho and his daughter, home from Italy. An Italian count, who is also a pirate, carries off Nora, but she is rescued and married to Arthur. A pretty story, with some good descriptions of life among the better classes in the West of Ireland. =ANDREWS, Elizabeth, F.R.I.A.= ⸺ ULSTER FOLKLORE. Pp. 121. (_Stock_). 5_s._ net. Fourteen illustr., mainly from photos. 1914. A series of papers read before local learned societies or contributed to archæological journals. An endeavour to deal with the folk belief in fairies from an archæological point of view. The conclusion is that the “souterrains” were originally the abode of a primitive pigmy race. Imbedded in these pages (the outcome of much personal research) are many good fairy and folk stories. =ANDREWS, Marion.= ⸺ COUSIN ISABEL. Pp. 147. (_Wells Gardner, Darton_). 1_s._ 6_d._ Two illustr. 1903. A tale, for young people, of the Siege of Londonderry, the hardships of the defenders, and their brave patience. Isabel, a veritable angel of mercy for her uncle and cousins is a pleasant study. Another fine character is old Geoffrey Lambrick, drawn from a quiet life and his tulips into the smoke of battle. =[ARCHDEACON, Matthew].= ⸺ LEGENDS OF CONNAUGHT, TALES, &c. Pp. 406. (DUBLIN: _John Cumming_). 1829. Seven stories:—“Fitzgerald,” “The Banshee,” “The Election,” “Alice Thomson,” “M’Mahon,” “The Rebel’s Grave,” “The Ribbonman.” “Almost every incident in each tale is founded on fact.” (Pref.). The first story (165 pp.) depicts Connaught “in a wild and stormy state of society” towards the close of the eighteenth century, and records the wild deeds and memorable exit of the very widely known individual who is its hero. ⸺ CONNAUGHT: a Tale of 1798. Pp. 394. (DUBLIN: _printed for M. Archdeacon_). 1830. The Author was “from infancy in the habit of hearing details of ‘the time of the Frinch’” ... and has “had an opportunity of frequently hearing the insurrectionary scenes described by some of the Actors themselves.” (Pref.) The Author is loyalist, but not bitterly hostile to the rebels. The rebellion is not painted in roseate colours, but it is not misrepresented. Humbert’s campaign is vividly described, but history does not absorb all the interest. The love story (the lovers are on the rebel side) is told with zest, and there is abundance of exciting incident. Quite well written. ⸺ SHAWN NA SAGGARTH, THE PRIESTHUNTER. (_Duffy_). 6_s._ 1843. A tale of the Penal times.